Outdoor Photography: Island Journal Pt 8

In Outdoor Photography, Issue 129, August 2010 we have reached the Isle of Bute.

Outdoor Photography Island Journal Pt 7

In Outdoor Photography, Issue 127, June 2010 we arrive in Cornwall.

Island fact - no.2

Eilean Glas lighthouse, Scalpay

In 1821 Robert Louis Stevenson paid a visit to Eilean Glas on the island of Scalpay. During the trip his crew captured a great auk, which they took aboard intending to take it to a zoo. The auk escaped 'while being allowed to fly for exercise'. It was last seen off the Mull of Kintyre. 'This bird is thought to have been one of the last living great auks'.

This fact was sourced from the Eilean Glas Lighthouse Guide Book.